FURTHER POSITIONS OCCUPIED.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15192, 12 April 1917, Page 2

FURTHER POSITIONS OCCUPIED.

OVER X'l,ooo PRISONERS AND 100 GUNS TAKEN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, April 10. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Our operations have been continued energetically to-day, in spite of heavy &no-wstorms and generally unfavourable weather. We reached the outskirts of Monchy-le-Prex, five miles east of Arras, and have cleared Farbus and Farbus"Wood (about a mile south of Vimy Ridge). Hard fighting occurred again this afternoon at the northern end of Vimy Ridge, in which we gained further positions and took a number of prisoners and machine-guns. In the direction of Cambrai we advanced our line north of the village of Louveral. Such counter-attacks as the er*emy v attempted at different points along our front were unsuccessful. The number of prisoners taken by us since the opening of our attack yesterday morning nom exceeds 11,000, including 235 officers. We also captured over 100 guns (among which are a nurabe: of heavy guns of 8-inch calibre). 60 trench mortars, and 163 machineguns. Aeroplanes performed valuable work yesterday. THE GERMAN VERSION ' LONDON, April 10. Wireless German official. —British attacks after strong artillery fire on the south bank of the Scarpa foiled.